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MEMORIAL 


OF 


CYRUS  W.  HARVEY. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

FRIENDS'  BOOK  STORE,  No.  304  ARCH  STREET. 
1918. 


Wm.  H.  Pile's  Sons,  Printers. 


PREFACE. 


In  presenting  to  the  eyes  of  the  public  a  few  of  the  many  testi- 
monies concerning  "our  departed  worthies  in  the  Truth,"  desires 
have  doubtless  been  in  the  minds  of  the  writers  that  those  who 
read  might  profit  by  the  experiences  given  forth. 

While  we  dare  not  eulogize  beyond  merit,  we  are  fully  per- 
suaded that  these  ministers  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  whose 
memories  we  hold  dear,  endeavored  humbly  to  walk  worthy  of 
the  vocation  wherewith  they  were  called,  proving  by  their  ex- 
emplary lives  and  conversations  that  they  were  seeking  a  better 
inheritance,  "a  city  which  had  foundations,  whose  builder  and 
maker  was  God,"  of  whom  it  could  be  truthfully  said,  "God  was 
not  ashamed  to  be  called  their  God,  for  He  had  prepared  for  them 
a  city." 

Having  this  confidence  therefore,  we  feel  free  to  gather  up  a 
few  of  the  fragments  which  remain  and  hand  them  forth,  not  only 
for  the  benefit  of  those  now  living,  but  with  a  concern  also  that 
the  influence  for  good  scattered  widely  over  our  land  by  these 
faithful  servants  of  the  Lord  may  continue  to  live  throughout 
generations  yet  to  follow. 

Without  unnecessary  remarks,  we  would  refer  the  reader  to  the 
ensuing  pages,  being  assured  that  by  careful  persual  therein  the 
thoughtful  mind  will  readily  learn  to  prize  the  privilege  of  be- 
coming acquainted  with  the  lives  of  those  "who  even  though 
being  dead  yet  speaketh." 


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MEMORIAL. 


A    Testimony  of  the  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends  of 
Rich  Square,  N.  C,  Concerning  Cyrus  W.  Harvey. 

Although  the  subject  of  this  Memoir  was  a  member 
of  our  meeting  but  about  three  years,  we  had  long 
known  him  through  his  several  visits  to  and  labors  in 
the  ministry  of  the  Gospel  amongst  us,  and  also  through 
his  extensive  writings  in  defence  of  the  distinguishing 
Principles  of  the  Society  of  Friends ;  and  we  did  esteem 
him  a  Prince  in  Israel. 

As  we  seek  to  preserve,  for  the  help  of  others,  some 
of  his  experiences,  some  of  his  struggles  and  victories, 
we  are  deeply  conscious  that  it  was  by  the  grace  of 
God  he  was  what  he  was,  and  that  to  God  alone  the 
praise  is  due. 

He  was  the  eldest  of  the  eleven  children  of  Jesse 
and  Lydia  Overman  Harvey,  and  was  born  in  Grant 
County,  Indiana,  Tenth  Month  30,  1843. 

It  appears  that  from  infancy  he  was  somewhat  re- 
markable, for  when  he  was  but  about  two  weeks  old 
his  grandfather  Overman  took  him  in  his  arms  and 
sat  some  time  in  silent  meditation,  after  which  he 
said  to  the  young  parents,  "This  is  no  ordinary  child. 
I  want  you  to  take  good  care  of  him.  I  shouldn't 
wonder  if  he  becomes  a  minister  of  the  Gospel." 

From  the  start  he  was  strong  and  active  in  both  body 
and  mind ;  and  in  very  early  years  showed  unusual 


4  CYRUS   W.  HARVEY. 

ability  at  climbing,  running,  swimming  and  getting 
into  numerous  kinds  of  boyish  mischief;  and  was  sure 
to  be  the  leader  and  favorite  of  his  playmates. 

His  mental  development  kept  pace  with  his  physical. 
He  had  no  recollection  of  when  or  how  he  learned  to 
read,  but  clearly  remembered  that,  when  he  was  about 
four  years  old,  he  and  his  brother  next  in  age  were  left 
at  home  one  day  while  their  parents  went  to  meeting, 
and  that  after  they  had  become  tired  of  amusing  them- 
selves by  looking  at  the  pictures  in  a  beginner's  book, 
he  read  some  of  the  short  sentences  in  it  to  his  little 
brother.  When  his  parents  heard  about  this  they  were 
greatly  surprised,  as  they  hadn't  attempted  to  teach 
him  to  read.  That  night  his  father  gave  him  his  first 
reading  lesson  when  he  found,  to  his  great  astonish- 
ment, that  his  little  son  could  read  many  sentences,  but 
couldn't  explain  how  he  had  learned  to  do  it. 

Cyrus  said,  "By  the  time  I  was  nine  years  old,  I 
had  read  nearly  all  the  books  in  my  father's  library, 
including  Barclay's  Apology,  and  had  begun  to  think 
seriously  about  how  I  was  to  get  an  education.  Out 
of  the  little  moneys  I  earned  at  chores  for  other  people, 
I  managed  to  buy  a  few  books.  These  were  the  be- 
ginning of  my  library." 

At  the  age  of  twelve  he  went  to  live  at  his  grand- 
father Harvey's,  to  do  farm  work  for  an  uncle.  Here 
he  was  put  at  heavy  ploughing,  so  was  obliged  to 
give  his  team  frequent  rests.  During  those  rest 
periods  he  vigorously  pursued  his  studies,  entirely 
doing  advanced  algebra  that  Summer,  thus  preparing 
himself  for  geometry,  when  school  opened  the  following 


CYRUS   W.  HARVEY.  O 

Winter.  A  brother  of  his  writes,  "Mathematics  was 
his  specialty.  He  seemed  to  almost  know  it  by  in- 
tuition." 

When  about  eighteen,  he  had  the  long-hoped  for 
opportunity  of  entering  Earlham.  In  spite  of  the 
fact  that  his  best  suit  of  clothes  was  grey  woolen  jeans, 
made  by  the  hands  of  his  loving  mother,  he  eagerly 
embraced  the  opportunity.  Earlham  was  then  but 
a  boarding  school,  and  offered  fewer  advantages  than 
it  now  offers.  Cyrus  was  pretty  well  advanced,  so, 
by  doubling  on  all  his  work,  he  nearly  completed  the 
course  in  two  terms.  But  with  him  there  was  no  such 
thing  as  a  finished  education,  as  we  shall  presently  see. 

For  generations  his  ancestors  were  Friends,  and  from 
childhood  he  had  been  instructed  in  the  principles  for 
which  they  stand.  And  during  all  his  early  years,  the 
years  in  which  the  foundation  of  his  character  was 
laid,  he  was  a  regular  attender  of  meeting  and  Bible 
school;  and  in  his  father's  home  and  also  that  of  his 
grandfather,  they  had  their  daily  family  Scripture  read- 
ing, followed  by  a  period  for  meditation  and  prayer. 

While  he  was  at  Earlham,  the  Civil  WTar  broke  out. 
Friends  in  the  West,  as  everywhere  else,  were  opposed 
to  all  war;  but  they  were  also  opposed  to  human 
slavery.  Most  of  the  leaders  among  them  had  fled 
from  the  South,  either  they  or  their  parents,  where 
they  had  freed  their  own  slaves,  and  had  been  stung 
by  the  hatred  and  contempt  of  some  slave-holding 
neighbor.  It  was  therefore  a  natural  sequence  that 
their  descendants  were  strongly  imbued  with  anti- 
slavery  views.     Moreover,  they  believed  slavery  caused 


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the  war,  and  that  if  the  slave-holding  power  could  be 
subdued,  then  slavery  would  cease.  So  quite  a  num- 
ber of  their  zealous  sons  engaged  in  the  struggle.  Cyrus 
W.  Harvey  was  one  of  them.  He  enlisted  in  the 
Summer  of  1862,  before  he  was  nineteen,  and  remained 
in  service  till  the  close  of  the  war. 

In  the  army,  as  at  play  and  at  school,  he  was  out 
of  the  ordinary.  He  was  a  total  abstainer  from  all 
intoxicants.  One  of  his  tent-mates,  throughout  the 
war  writes,  "No  profanity  ever  escaped  Cyrus's  lips, 
and  I  never  saw  him  with  a  card  in  his  hand.  He 
spent  several  months  prosecuting  his  school  studies. 
Whenever  we  were  in  or  near  a  city,  he  was  sure  to 
hunt  for  the  public  library  and  the  book  stores  to  see 
what  he  could  find." 

He  spent  much  time  in  reading,  often  reading  aloud 
to  his  most  intimate  companions,  who,  we  believe,  were 
also  members  with  Friends.  And  it  was  the  custom 
of  this  little  group,  if  in  camp,  to  get  together  in  the 
evening  when  some  one  of  them  would  read  aloud  a 
chapter  from  the  Bible,  before  they  separated  for  the 
night. 

He  often  told  his  friends  that,  while  he  didn't  claim, 
in  those  days  to  be  a  Christian,  he  had  such  faith  in 
his  father's  religion  that  every  time,  before  he  had  to 
engage  in  battle,  he  prayed  to  his  father's  God  that 
he  might  be  protected;  and  that,  with  but  one  excep- 
tion, he  received  the  assurance  that  his  request  would 
be  granted.  That  time  he  was  seriously  wounded,  a 
bullet  passing  through  his  left  leg,  breaking  one  bone. 

Several  months  elapsed,  after  peace  was  declared, 


CYRUS   W.  HARVEY.  7 

before  the  armies  could  be  officially  disbanded.  During 
that  time,  while  the  soldiers  had  nothing  to  do  but 
wait,  a  revival  meeting  was  held  with  C.'s  company. 
In  one  of  those  services  he  made  his  first  public  testi- 
mony to  his  faith  in  Christ,  and  his  determination  to 
follow  Him.  In  speaking  of  this  experience,  a  few 
months  before  his  death,  he  said,  "God  had  spared  my 
fife  through  those  awful  years,  very  many  of  my  dear 
comrades  had  perished,  either  on  the  field  or  from  hard- 
ship and  exposure.  This  humbled  me.  I  felt  that  I 
owed  to  God  that  He  had  thus  preserved." 

But  he  could  not  feel  easy  with  some  of  the  methods 
employed  in  this  revival.  He  said,  "Soon  after  I  began 
to  speak  in  those  meetings,  the  minister,  who  was  not  a 
Friend,  began  to  call  on  me  to  testify  or  to  pray.  I 
responded  a  few  times,  but  very  soon  discovered  that 
when  I  did  so  I  felt  uneasy,  a  sort  of  darkness  and  dis- 
tress would  come  over  me,  whereas,  when  I  spoke 
from  a  consciousness  of  Divine  prompting  to  the 
service,  I  had  peace  and  joy.  I  was  then  but  a  boy 
scarcely  more  than  twenty-two,  and  quite  inexperienced 
in  such  deep  matters.  But  I  could  not  go  on  in  a  way 
which  brought  condemnation,  so,  in  my  distress,  I  went 
to  the  same  minister  for  advice.  He  could  give  me 
no  help.  I  then  betook  myself  more  and  more  to 
private  retirement  and  prayer.  I  also  opened  my 
feelings  to  an  intimate  friend  who,  to  my  great  com- 
fort, had  a  like  experience.  We  concluded  to  go  off 
together  to  some  quiet  spot  and  wait  in  silence  before 
God,  promising  each  other  that  we  would  be  faithful 
to  what  we  believed  to  be  any  manifested  duty.     We 


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were  so  wonderfully  blessed  in  that  little  meeting  of 
but  two,  that  we  continued  to  meet  in  the  same  way. 
Soon  the  other  boys  missed  us  at  the  revival,  and  one 
by  one  they  joined  us,  till  there  were  none  left  to  meet 
at  the  other  place." 

During  all  his  subsequent  years,  the  memory  of  those 
heavenly  meetings  was  a  benediction  upon  his  spirit. 
"Here,"  said  he,  "were  the  most  ideal  Friends'  meet- 
ings I  ever  attended.  Here  all  were  pledged  to  look 
to  God  alone  for  life,  light  and  strength,  and  to  faith- 
fulness to  Divine  requiring.  Here  I  was  so  thoroughly 
convinced  of  the  necessity  of  inspirational  ministry, 
and  a  fresh  opening  for  every  service,  that  I  was  never 
again  in  doubt  about  it.  During  my  more  than  forty 
years  in  the  ministry  I've  tried  to  be  obedient  to  this 
heavenly  vision.  In  many,  many  meetings,  some  of 
them  even  appointed  meetings,  where  I  have  gone 
under  deep  religious  concern,  and  where  I  knew  the 
audience  expected  me  to  preach,  I  have  kept  silent  and 
had  great  peace  in  it,  although  I  do  not  remember  a 
time  when  I  could  not  have  talked  in  meeting." 

When  mustered  out  a  few  weeks  later,  they  went 
to  their  Western  homes.  But  the  Quaker  boys  had 
violated  a  fundamental  principle  of  Friends.  Some- 
thing must  be  done  to  clear  the  church  of  this  reproach. 
So  they  drew  up  and  presented  to  the  meeting  a  com- 
mon acknowledgment,  with  the  request  that  their 
breach  of  discipline  be  overlooked  and  their  right  of 
membership  retained,  which  was  done. 

A  few  months  after  this,  Cyrus,  having  become  fear- 
ful that  he  had  not  done  his  full  duty  in  the  matter, 


CYRUS   W.  HARVEY.  V 

stood  up  in  his  Monthly  Meeting  and  made  a  clear 
confession  of  his  wrong-doing,  and  of  his  sorrow  on 
account  of  it,  condemning  all  carnal  warfare  as  being 
un-Christian.  About  this  time  he  began  to  speak  in 
the  ministry  in  his  home  meeting. 

He  spent  the  following  Winter  in  teaching.  He  said, 
"I  opened  school  that  first  morning  by  Scripture  read- 
ing, followed  by  an  interval  of  silence.  I  broke  the 
silence  by  offering  vocal  prayer,  a  thing  very  unusual 
in  those  days.  However,  that  first  step  counted.  The 
pupils  were  surprised  and  reached.  It  wasn't  long 
till  several  of  them  had  vocal  exercise  after  our  morn- 
ing chapter,  who  in  after  years,  became  ministers  of  the 
Gospel." 

Third  Month  21,  1866,  he  married  Anna  W.  Rush, 
daughter  of  Iredell  and  Elizabeth  White  Rush,  an 
unusually  sweet-spirited,  religious  girl,  whose  influence 
had  doubtless  helped  to  preserve  his  morals  all  through 
the  war. 

They  decided  to  make  Southern  Kansas  their  future 
home,  and  thither  they  went  the  next  Spring.  Here 
they  began  pioneer  life  with  its  attendant  hardship  and 
privations.  But  alas,  how  uncertain  are  all  things 
pertaining  to  this  world!  On  the  twenty-ninth  of 
Sixth  Month,  1867,  his  beloved  wife  passed  away. 
Instead  of  the  happy  home  they  were  planning  for 
future  years,  he  had  to  make  her  "a  grave  in  the  West." 

This  sad  experience  increased  his  thoughtfulness 
about  eternal  things.  He  was  more  frequently  en- 
gaged in  public  ministry  and  prayer.  But  ere  long 
there  was  something  of  a  lapse  in  the  exercise  of  his 


10  CYRUS    W.   HARVEY. 

gift,  a  few  years  of  comparative  silence.  However,  in 
1872  or  '73  the  Gospel  stream  again  broke  forth  through 
him  to  the  refreshing  of  many  hearts.  From  this  time 
on,  as  a  brother  states,  "The  development  of  his  gift 
was  very  rapid.  In  addition  to  education  and  parental 
training  in  the  doctrines  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  it 
pleased  the  Lord  to  reveal  in  him  the  knowledge  of  His 
will  in  a  remarkable  degree.  This,  coupled  with  a 
general  knowledge  of  the  church  and  close  study  of  the 
Scriptures,  he  soon  took  his  place  among  the  ablest 
ministers  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ.  His  gift  in  the 
ministry  was  recorded  in  1875. 

On  Eighth  Month  21,  1869,  he  married  Lavina  Jane 
Carter,  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Catharine  Hodson 
Carter,  who  was  also  a  beautiful  Christian  character, 
and  a  true  and  loyal  helpmeet.  The  responsibilities 
of  their  home,  including  the  care  of  their  seven  children, 
often  rested  on  her,  while  the  husband  and  father  was 
in  other  fields,  laboring  in  the  ministry  of  the  Gospel. 
She  was  also  a  worthy  Elder  of  the  meeting,  and  guarded 
with  tender  solicitude  the  marvelous  gift  of  her  husband, 
sometimes  first  to  see  openings  for  its  exercise,  and 
always  encouraging  him  to  faithfulness  to  his  Divine 
Leader.  She  sought  to  preserve  the  best  in  the  in- 
strument, and  was  therefore  willing  to  point  out  any 
weakness  she  believed  ought  to  be  overcome.  He  often 
alluded  feelingly  to  her  great  helpfulness  to  him  in  his 
ministry.  On  the  twenty-seventh  of  Second  Month, 
1907,  she  entered  into  her  eternal  rest,  thus  leaving 
him  to  again  plod  the  journey  alone. 

It  was  during  this  lonely  period  of  his  life  that  he 


CYRUS    W.  HARVEY.  11 

wrote  that  sweetest  and  loftiest  of  all   his   published 
works,  "The  Spiritual  Atonement." 

Tenth  Month  27,  1910,  he  married  Julianna  Peele, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Parker  Peele,  a  member 
and  minister  of  this  Monthly  Meeting,  who  in  the 
words  of  his  eldest  son,  "Not  only  proved  herself  a 
faithful  and  helpful  companion  in  his  declining  years, 
but  has  also  won  the  unlimited  love  of  all  his  children, 
because  she  was  so  kind  and  loving  to  their  father." 

In  the  Spring  and  early  Summer  of  1911  he  made  his 
last  extensive  visit  in  the  ministry,  attending  both  of 
the  Yearly  Meetings  of  Friends  in  Philadelphia,  and 
many  of  their  subordinate  meetings,  also  the  Yearly 
Meeting  of  New  York,  held  on  Fifteenth  Street,  and 
that  of  New  England,  held  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island. 
He  expressed  his  great  peacefulness  in  the  letrospect 
of  this  service. 

In  Second  Month,  1913,  he  and  his  wife  left  their 
home  in  Wichita,  Kansas,  and  came  to  North  Carolina, 
settling  at  Rich  Square,  where  his  few  remaining  years 
were  spent,  in  membership  with  us. 

Till  within  a  few  weeks  of  his  death  he  was  mostly 
able  to  attend  his  meetings,  a  service  in  which  he  was 
diligent  through  life,  never  grudging  the  time  or  money, 

His  gift  was  that  of  a  teacher.     In  a  little  note-book 
or  diary,  which  he  carried  in  his  pocket  in  his  twenty- 
second  year,  we  find  this  quotation  copied : 
'  I  seek  all  that  is  to  be  sought, 
I  learn  all  that  is  to  be  taught, 
And  beg  the  rest  of  heaven." 


12  CYRUS   W.  HARVEY. 

Those  who  knew  him  most  intimately  knew  he  tried, 
in  large  measure,  to  carry  out  the  thought  thus  early 
fastened  on  his  mind,  for  from  childhood  to  old  age, 
he  was  a  diligent  student  and  a  man  of  prayer. 

When  he  knew  that  God  purposed  to  use  him  as  an 
instrument  to  point  the  Way  of  Life  to  others,  he  sought 
the  views  of  many  authors  on  the  great  principles  of 
Christianity.  His  large  and  valuable  library,  through 
almost  every  volume  of  which  marks  of  his  tracing 
run,  and  the  many  productions  of  his  tongue  and  pen, 
all  attest  to  the  breadth  and  depth  of  a  rarely  cultured 
mind. 

His  library  contained  not  only  the  works  of  Fox,  Penn, 
Burroughs,  Penington,  Barclay  and  a  host  of  other 
Friends,  both  ancient  and  modern,  but  also  "The 
Anti-Nicene  Fathers,"  "The  Nicene  Creed,"  "Mean- 
der's History  of  the  Early  Church  and  Early  Planting," 
"Pressense's  Early  Years  of  Christianity,"  and  many 
other  volumes  of  religious  history,  including  several  of 
the  latest  publications  on  Assyriology.  As  he  was  a 
philosopher  of  the  Principles  of  Christianity,  among  the 
writers  he  most  dearly  loved,  and  with  whom  he  was 
most  familiar,  may  be  noted  Kant,  Watson,  Julius 
Muller,  Harris,  Sabitier,  Cook,  Fairbairn,  James  Mar- 
tineau,  and  above  all  others,  the  Apostle  Paul.  St. 
Paul  was  his  ideal  of  a  preacher  and  teacher. 

As  a  minister  he  traveled  extensively,  attended 
nearly  all  the  Yearly  and  many  of  the  subordinate 
meetings  of  Friends  on  the  continent,  a  part  of  them 
repeatedly.  All  branches  of  Friends  shared  in  his 
loving  concern.     A  few  years  before  his  decease  he 


CYRUS    W.  HARVEY.  13 

made  entry  in  his  note-book,  "With  the  last  nine  years 
I  have  attended  about  fifty  meetings  of  each  of  the 
larger  bodies  of  Friends."  Indeed,  his  heart  was  en- 
larged in  Gospel  love  toward  all  men.  He  held  many 
meetings  among  non-professors,  everywhere  preaching 
and  teaching  salvation  by  Jesus  Christ. 

His  first  visit  to  our  meeting  was  in  the  Summer  of 
1885.  At  that  time  there  were  very  few  ministers 
coming  amongst  us  who  emphasized  the  spiritual  side 
of  the  Gospel.  Cyrus  W.  Harvey  pointed  the  way  by 
which  our  spirits  might  come  into  actual  contact  with 
the  Divine  Spirit,  so  as  to  experience  saving  virtue 
to  come  out  of  Him  and  heal  us.  His  teaching  upon 
this  point,  and  also  upon  the  nature  and  necessity 
of  spiritual  worship,  was  so  clear  that  we  were  left 
without  excuse. 

In  his  three  subsequent  visits  to  us  the  burden  of 
his  concern  was  to  lift  up  Christ — "the  true  Light 
which   lighteth   every   man   coming   into  the  world." 

As  he  came  to  understand  the  conditions  prevailing 
in  Christendom,  he  clearly  saw  that  outward  things  have 
divided  and  sub-divided  the  Protestant  Church,  and 
shorn  her  of  much  strength.  And  he  labored  earnestly 
with  tongue  and  pen  to  set  forth  the  spiritual  nature  of 
The  Kingdom  of  Heaven.  He  said,  "I  want  to  do  all 
I  can  to  rid  believers  in  the  New  Testament  of  the  out- 
ward things,"  which  all  are  to  perish  with  the  using. 

With  a  clearness  and  power  which  few  have  attained 
he  taught  the  uses  of  the  many  types  and  shadows  of 
the  Old  covenant ;  and  with  equal  clearness  and  power 
he  was  enabled  to  show  how  they  are  all  fulfilled  and 


14  CYRUS    W.  HARVEY. 

ended  in  the  New.  It  may  be  truly  said  he  laid  the 
Gospel  axe  at  the  very  root  of  all  those  perishing  legal- 
isms. Sometimes  his  argument  seemed  an  unsparing 
weapon,  but  he  always  used  it  to  cut  out  the  old  and 
lifeless  in  order  that  the  new  and  vital  might  have  room 
to  grow  and  fruit.  Every  one  of  his  negations  lead  to 
a  richer  affirmation. 

On  one  occasion,  while  he  was  a  young  man,  he  was 
unexpectedly  drawn  into  a  debate,  on  the  subject  of 
baptism.  A  minister  of  one  of  the  dipping  denomina- 
tions was  holding  a  street  meeting,  and  in  his  efforts  to 
press  home  the  necessity  of  water  baptism,  said  there 
was  absolutely  no  other  way  to  be  saved,  and  challenged 
any  one  in  the  audience  to  disprove  his  position  by  the 
Bible.  Cyrus  accepted  the  challenge  and  won  the  de- 
bate. He  became  so  intensely  interested  in  the  subject 
that  he  subsequently  held  many  similar  debates  with 
leading  ministers  of  different  bodies  of  immersionists. 
The  outcome  of  all  this  was  his  treatise  of  about  two 
hundred  pages  on  "Holy  Spirit  Baptism  for  Salvation." 
We  believe  this  is  the  clearest,  concise  presentation  of 
Christian  Baptism  any  Friend  has  yet  written. 

Other  productions  of  his  pen  are  "A  Historic  Paral- 
lel, or  George  Fox  and  Martin  Luther  as  Reformers," 
"Inward  Revelation  the  Primary  Rule,"  "The  Method 
and  Message  of  Quakerism,"  "The  Resurrection  as 
Taught  by  Early  Friends,"  "The  Message  of  Quakerism 
and  Its  Relation  to  Modern  Thought,"  "The  Reign  of 
the  Prince  »of  Peace,  or  the  Bible  on  Non-resistance  and 
War,"  and  "Toleration  and  John's  Baptism." 

Besides  these  he  was  eleven  years  editor  and  some  of 


CYRUS   W.  HARVEY.  15 

the  time  publisher  of  a  periodical  known  as  The  Western 
Friend. 

Concerning  the  origin  of  this  periodical,  he  said, 
"One  afternoon,  as  I  was  walking  alone  through  my 
orchard,  meditating  on  conditions  prevailing  among 
Conservative  Friends'  meetings,  none  of  them  in  cor- 
respondence, each  small  group  struggling  along,  trying 
to  stand  alone;  my  spirit  was  clothed  with  sadness. 
The  query  presented  itself,  'What  can  I  do  to  better  the 
situation?  How  can  I  be  an  instrument  in  drawing 
these  scattered  tribes  closer  together'  ?  I  then  heard 
a  voice  within,  saying,  'Follow  me  and  I  will  make  thee 
a  shepherd  to  gather  them.'  Almost  immediately  the 
thought,  which  I  took  to  be  a  Divine  suggestion,  was 
presented  to  start  The  Western  Friend,  which  I  did. 
And  when  all  our  Yearly  Meetings  were  connected  by 
the  epistolary  chain,  I  felt  that  the  mission  of  the 
paper  was  fulfilled,  and  it  was  dropped." 

We  believe  this  narrative  will  be  incomplete  without 
recording  a  few  of  the  many  remarkable  incidents  of  his 
checkered  pilgrimage. 

In  the  summer  of  1876,  Kansas  was  visited  by  a 
terrible  scourge  of  grasshoppers.  They  ate  almost 
every  green  thing.  Cyrus  was  then  in  the  nursery 
business.  While  there  was  no  crop  to  harvest  that 
Fall,  much  of  his  nursery  stock  was  not  destroyed. 
But  who  could  afford  to  buy?  He  was  brought  into 
extreme  financial  straits.  "One  day,"  he  said,  "I 
couldn't  see  what  we  were  to  do  even  for  to-morrow  and 
there  were  many  to-morrows  ahead.  In  my  distress, 
I  went  away  where  I  could  be  alone,  and  poured  out 


16  CYRUS    W.  HARVEY. 

my  soul  in  prayer  to  Him  to  whom  'every  beast  of  the 
forest  and  the  cattle  upon  a  thousand  hills  belong.'  And 
ere  I  arose  from  my  knees,  I  received  the  assurance  that 
help  would  be  vouchsafed.  That  very  day  a  man  rode 
up  to  my  home,  bought  a  nice  lot  of  trees  and  paid  the 
cash  for  them.  So  we  were  bridged  over  the  worst  place." 

On  one  occasion,  when  he  had  nearly  completed  a 
religious  visit  to  Friends  in  New  England,  being  anxious 
to  get  home,  he  put  aside  a  gentle  whisper  of  detention 
and  started.  But  as  he  journeyed  the  uneasy  feeling 
increased  till  he  said,  "Every  time  I  got  still  I  heard  a 
voice  say,  'Go  back  to  New  Bedford  and  hold  a  meeting 
to  the  Southwest.'  I  had  learned  obedience  from  the 
things  I  had  suffered  in  the  past,  so  returned.  The 
meeting  was  held.  During  the  opening  silence  three 
people  arose  in  different  parts  of  the  company  and 
said,  T've  been  praying  three  weeks  that  Cyrus  Harvey 
might  hold  a  meeting  here.'" 

"After  I  had  ministered  in  a  rather  remarkable  way? 
a  man  arose  and  spoke  in  the  ministry,  and  concluded 
by  saying  he  embraced  that  opportunity  to  inform  the 
audience  that  from  that  time  on  he  would  affiliate  with 
our  branch  of  Friends.  He  soon  became  a  minister  of 
the  Gospel,  and  has  traveled  extensively  in  the  service 
of  Truth." 

Again  Cyrus  was  on  a  religious  visit,  this  time  in 
Canada,  and  was  ministering  under  a  clear  opening. 
The  opening  suddenly  closed.  He  sat  down.  Almost 
immediately  a  young  woman  in  the  body  of  the  meet- 
ing, who  was  unaccustomed  to  preaching,  arose  and 
delivered  a  powerful  testimony.     When  she  had  finish- 


CYRUS   W.  HARVEY.  17 

ed,  he  was  led  to  take  up  the  subject  where  it  had 
closed  and  to  present  it  with  great  clearness.  The 
meeting  ended  under  an  unusual  covering  of  Divine 
Presence.  The  young  woman  who  spoke,  shortly  be- 
came a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  and  continues  to  ex- 
ercise her  gift,  with  the  unity  and  approval  of  Friends. 
For  several  years  he  had  been  impressed,  at  intervals, 
that  he  ought  to  attend  in  Gospel  love  several  of  the 
Eastern  Yearly,  and  most  of  their  subordinate  meet- 
ings, but  had  put  it  off,  hoping  to  be  better  financially 
prepared.  As  time  passed  the  call  became  more  and 
more  urgent,  till  finally  the  message  was,  "Go  and 
leave  thy  all  in  my  hands."  He  said,  "I  was  brought 
into  a  great  mental  struggle.  I  still  hadn't  sufficient 
means,  and  my  family  needed  what  I  had.  At  length, 
one  morning,  when  it  seemed  the  decision  must  be 
made,  I  kept  my  bed,  had  no  inclination  to  go  about 
my  usual  duties,  or  to  converse  with  any  one.  My 
family  became  uneasy,  and  without  my  knowledge, 
the  doctor  was  called,  and  the  house  kept  very  quiet. 
When  the  doctor  arrived  I  was  still  in  bed  and  alone 
in  the  room.  He  had  been  my  family  physician  more 
than  twenty  years,  and  was  not  only  a  very  dear  friend 
of  mine,  but  also  of  my  wife  and  children.  When  he 
entered  my  room  he  shut  the  door  behind  him,  thus 
shutting  the  rest  of  the  family  out.  After  the  usual 
greeting,  he  looked  at  me  sometime  without  a  word, 
but  we  were  both  shedding  tears.  He  finally  broke 
the  silence  by  saying,  'You  are  not  sick.  The  Lord  is 
training  you  for  His  service.  He  told  me  so  as  I  was 
driving  across  Spring  River,  and  I'm  not  going  to  give 
you  any  medicine.'" 


18  CYRUS   W.  HARVEY. 

"After  encouraging  me  to  bear,  with  patience,  what- 
ever chastenings  the  dear  Lord  meted  out  to  me,  and 
to  attend  to  that  which  I  saw  to  be  my  duty,  he  left. 
Nor  would  he  ever  receive  any  compensation  for  that 
visit,  although  I  had  been  benefitted  by  it  more  than 
he  knew.  When  I  offered  to  pay  him,  he  said  he  was 
under  a  higher  commission  and  couldn't  take  money 
for  it." 

"Our  Monthly  Meeting  was  at  hand.  I  told  my 
dear  wife  it  seemed  best  to  ask  for  a  Minute  for  that 
Eastern  visit.  With  her  approval,  I  laid  my  burden  on 
the  meeting,  and  it  gave  me  a  letter  of  unity  and  en- 
couragement." 

He  left  a  full  account  of  this  service,  in  which  he 
recorded  many  remarkable  outpourings  of  Divine  love 
and  power,  particularly  in  his  labors  among  young 
people,  also  his  great  peace  when  the  work  was  ac- 
complished. 

It  may  have  been  in  the  course  of  this  visit  that  the 
following  incident  occurred. 

He  was  in  attendance  at  a  meeting  in  New  Jersey, 
entirely  silent  through  the  meeting  hour.  The  Friend 
who  sat  next  to  him  offered  his  hand  to  close  the  service, 
but  Cyrus  withheld  his.  About  that  time  a  woman 
entered,  and  took  her  seat  well  up  toward  the  minister's 
gallery.  Almost  immediately  Cyrus  began  to  speak, 
addressing  some  individual  in  the  audience.  The 
tardy  woman  had  been  detained  just  an  hour  because 
of  a  bridge  having  been  washed  away  by  recent  rains. 
The  whole  circumstance,  the  coming  of  the  messenger 
from  so  far,  his  faithfulness  in  holding  the  meeting 


CYRUS  W.  HARVEY.  19 

Over  time,  evidently  on  her  account,  together  with  the 
remarkable  message,  so  impressed  her  that  she  became 
thereafter  an  humble  follower  of  Him,  whose  special 
care  over  her  had  been  thus  signally  manifested. 

Many  similar  incidents  might  be  added,  but  we  be- 
lieve the  foregoing  sufficient  to  show  that  he  found  the 
great  doctrine  of  Divine  Guidance,  the  doctrine  upon 
which  he  loved  to  dwell,  true  in  his  own  experience. 

In  the  last  meeting  he  attended,  which  was  about 
six  weeks  prior  to  his  decease,  he  spoke  beautifully  from 
1  Cor.  i :  2,  clearly  teaching  that  the  baptism  here  spoken 
of  "unto  Moses" — the  Divinely  appointed  leader — "in 
the  cloud  and  in  the  sea" — typifying  the  Divine  Presence 
and  the  surrendering  of  their  lives  to  His  govern- 
ment— changed  their  conditions  from  bondage  to 
freedom.  "On  one  side  the  sea,"  said  he,  "they  were 
slaves,  on  the  other  side  they  were  free  men,  all  because 
of  their  obedience  to  their  leader.  This  was  a  baptism 
in  which  no  water  touched  them." 

His  health  had  been  slowly  failing  several  year1,  and 
in  the  Winter  and  early  Spring  of  1916  it  rapidly  de- 
clined. He  told  some  of  his  most  intimate  friends 
that  his  work  on  earth  was  done  and  that  he  wanted  to 
die.  On  the  thirty-first  of  Third  Month  he  went  to 
Malvern,  Penna.,  for  medical  treatment.  And  there, 
in  the  home  of  his  children,  John  V.  and  Louella  H. 
Nolan,  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  Fourth  Month,  1916, 
his  spirit  quitted  the  suffering  body,  we  confidently 
believe,  to  join  the  innumerable  company  who  have 
come  out  of  great  tribulation,  washed  their  robes  and 
made  them  white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb. 


20  CYRUS  W.  HARVEY. 

His  remains  were  laid  to  rest  beneath  the  shade  of  a 
beautiful  larch,  in  Friends'  burying  ground,  at  Goshen, 
near  Malvern,  Penna. 

As  we  grasp,  in  some  measure,  the  magnitude  of  his 
labors,  the  thou.ands  and  tens  of  thousands  who  have 
been  reached  by  his  tongue  or  his  pen — it  is  impossible 
to  estimate  the  value  of  his  influence. 

"They  that  be  wise  shall  shine  as  the  brightness  of  the 
firmament,  and  they  that  turn  many  to  Tightness  as 
the  stars  for  ever  and  ever." 


MEMORIAL 


OF 


JULIANNA  P.  HARVEY 


PHILADELPHIA: 

FRIENDS'  BOOK  STORE,  No.  304  ARCH  STREET 
1919. 


Wm.  H.  Pile's  Sons,  Printers. 


MEMORIAL. 


A  Memorial  Concerning  Julianna  Peele  Harvey,  a 
Minister,  Deceased.  Prepared  by  Rich  Square 
Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends. 

We  are  prompted  to  pen  these  lines,  as  a  token  of  our 
sincere  appreciation  of  our  dear  sister,  and  in  an  effort 
to  magnify  the  Grace  of  God,  which  in  its  operation 
on  her  responsive  heart,  made  her  a  bright  and  shining 
light ;  also  with  desires  to  uphold  before  the  world  this 
glorious  light,  whose  lingering  rays  continue  to  fall 
about  us. 

Julianna  Peele  Harvey,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth Parker  Peele,  was  born  near  Rich  Square,  North- 
ampton County,  North  Carolina,  Tenth  Month  20, 
1850.  Her  parents  were  prominent  members  of  Rich 
Square  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends.  Her  father,  of 
English  ancestry,  was  an  excellent  Elder  and  disci- 
plinarian— a  man  of  rare  executive  ability,  whose  coun- 
sel was  frequenely  sought  as  regards  the  affairs  of  both 
Church  and  State.  Her  mother,  too,  a  highly  talented 
person,  was  a  worthy  Elder  and  Overseer,  whose  clear 
and  sound  judgment  had  much  weight  in  Church  affairs. 

From  infancy,  Julianna  was  carefully  trained  and 
tenderly  shielded  from  much  of  the  harmful  influences 
common  to  man,  by  her  consistent  and  faithful  parents. 

Their  home,  in  which  pervaded  a  splendid  type  of 
genuine  Southern  hospitality,  was  nestled  among  the 


4  JULIANNA    PEELE    HARVEY. 

trees  of  a  lovely  spot  situated  on  a  portion  of  the  large 
tract  of  land  once  owned  by  her  great-grandfather, 
who,  like  many  of  the  early  settlers,  was  a  large  land 
and  slave-holder. 

The  Friends  of  Rich  Square  beginning  to  feel  slavery 
to  be  an  evil,  set  to  work  to  free  those  belonging  to 
themselves.  Many  were  transferred  to  Trustees  who 
were  appointed  by  the  Monthly  Meeting  to  receive 
such,  who  in  turn,  conveyed  them  to  some  free  State 
or  to  Liberia.  In  like  manner  Jalianna's  ancestors 
dealt  with  theirs,  feeling  great  peace  of  mind,  regardless 
of  the  sacrifice  and  the  scornful  reproach  brought  upon 
themselves  from  those  of  opposing  opinion. 

Julianna  was  of  a  sunny  disposition  and  from  child- 
hood she  began  to  show  signs  of  serious  thoughtfulness. 
She  delighted  in  the  perusal  of  the  Holy  Scriptures 
and  other  religious  literature ;  being  very  fond  of  poetry, 
and,  later  in  life,  came  to  be  a  great  admirer  of  the 
poet  Whittier. 

In  after  life,  when  referring  to  her  childhood  expe- 
riences, she  once  told  a  friend  that :  "On  one  occasion, 
so  great  was  the  impression  to  me  that  if  faithfulness 
on  my  part  was  abode  in  I  should  have  to  proclaim  the 
Everlasting  Gospel  that  I  fell  upon  my  knees  and  began 
to  weep  and  pray." 

As  was  the  fate  with  many  of  her  day  and  generation, 
the  blighting  effects  of  the  Civil  War  unfortunately 
rendered  her  educational  advantages  meagre  as  com- 
pared with  those  of  to-day ;  her  scholastic  days  ending 
at  Belvidere  Academy.  Here  she  proved  to  be  a  bright, 
interesting  pulpil,  readily  winning  the  love  and  respect 


jULIANNA   PEELE   HARVEY.  5 

of  both  teacher  and  schoolmates.  Says  one  of  the 
latter  :  "We  were  class-mates  and  rivals  in  mathematics. 
Recognition  of  her  keen  bright  mind  in  this  branch  was 
the  cause  of  many  hours  of  arduous  study,  on  my  part, 
that  might  have  been  otherwise  more  pleasantly,  but 
less  profitably,  enjoyed/' 

Notwithstanding  this  great  privation  (which  through 
life,  she  viewed  with  regret),  being  the  possessor  of  an 
exceptionally  bright  intellect,  and  a  strong,  active  mind, 
ever  on  the  alert  to  satisfy  her  thirst  *for  knowledge, 
she  acquired  much  of  the  fundamentals  of  a  finished 
education. 

Throughout  life  she  kept  fairly  well  abreast  with  the 
topics  of  the  day,  and  could  converse  fluently  upon  al- 
most any  subject  of  vital  importance,  whether  social, 
political,  educational  or  religious;  the  latter  subject 
claiming  the  greater  portion  of  her  thought  as  she  ad- 
vanced in  years.  She  was  much  used  in  the  Church 
and  community,  serving  on  many  important  commit- 
tees; sometimes  almost  beyond  her  physical  strength, 
so  great  was  her  zeal  for  the  uplift  of  humanity. 

Julianna  was  a  teacher  for  about  twenty  years,  and 
became  deeply  interested  in  her  work;  inspiring  her 
pupils  with  aspirations  for  that  which  is  noble  and  pure 
in  life,  as  well  as  with  a  thirst  for  knowledge.  Many  of 
these  rise  up  to-day  and  call  her  "blessed."  Says 
one  :  "She  was  the  best  woman  I  ever  knew.  She  was 
true  in  every  respect."  Another :  "She  was  such  a 
benefactor  to  me,  while  in  school  as  well  as  at  other 
times,  always  ready  to  hand  forth  a  cheery  word." 


6  JULIANNA.  PEELE   HARVEY. 

One  who  taught  by  her  side  says  of  her  :  "She  was  so 
sympathetic  and  helpful;  I  am  conscious  that  my  life 
has  been  better  by  having  thus  associated  with  her." 

Julianna  was  an  ardent  lover  of  Nature,  and  with  her 
keen  appreciation  of  the  charming  beauties  thereof, 
she  readily  saw  the  Divine  imaged  in  both  the  little 
things  and  those  of  greater  magnitude,  as  : 

In  the  sparkling  dewdrop  upon  the  waving  grass, 

And  the  fleecy  cloud,  as  it  swiftly  goes  past 
On  its  errand  of  mercy,  refreshing  the  earth, 

And  the  dear  little  bird  with  its  song  of  mirth ; 
In  the  mighty  forest,  with  its  solitude, 

And  the  rippling  brook  by  the  side  of  the  road ; 
And  the  starry  heavens — the  home  of  Orion, 

Where  dwelleth  the  Pleiades  with  equal  sublime ; 
In  the  stray  little  sunbeam  dancing  about, 

Making  bright  the  gloomy,  chasing  darkness  out; 
In  the  lofty  mountain,  with  its  snow-capped  crest, 

And  the  modest  little  flower  adorning  its  breast. 

So  great  was  her  capacity  for  observation  and  appre- 
ciation that,  as  a  cousin  and  girlhood  associate  says  of 
her,  "She  lived  years  which  are  not  numbered." 

She  was  a  life-long  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
and  by  yielding  to  the  Divine  visitations  she  was  ena- 
bled to  make  the  tenet  of  her  religious  training  her  own 
by  convincement.  These  convictions  broadened  and 
strengthened  as  she  grew  older,  and  she  developed  into 
a  valiant  member  of  the  Church,  a  bright  and  shining 
light. 

Although  being  convinced  that  the  religious  doctrines 
and  principles  of  Friends  were  those  with  which  she 


JULIANNA    PEELE    HARVEV.  7 

could  unite,  she  ever  highly  respected  those  of  other 
branches  of  the  Church.  She  realized  mere  nominal 
forces  were  of  no  effect,  and  that  only  the  regenerating 
power  of  Christ,  our  once  crucified  and  now  risen  Lord 
and  Master,  can  make  anyone  a  true  member  of  the 
"Church  Triumphant." 

She  was  punctual  in  the  attendance  of  all  her  meet- 
ings, where  she  sat  as  did  Mary  of  old,  at  the  feet  of 
the  dear  Master,  learning  of  Him.  She  occupied  the 
station  of  Elder  for  many  years,  and  since  early  life, 
until  about  two  years  prior  to  her  death,  she  served  as 
Clerk  for  some  one  of  her  meetings;  having  served  in 
this  capacity  all  the  various  stations  of  "clerkship" 
throughout  the  Yearly  Meeting.  In  this  particular 
she  was  highly  gifted. 

Her  frequent  appearance  in  public  testimony  prompted 
Friends  to  acknowledge  her  as  a  minister  in  Eleventh 
Month,  1909.  .  She  gradually  deepened  and  broadened 
in  her  exercises,  her  communications  being  invariably 
accompanied  by  much  tenderness  of  spirit,  well  sea- 
soned with  Divine  unction  and  beautifully  clothed  in 
pure  simple  language  which  appealed  to  the  children 
as  well  as  the  more  advanced  in  years.  In  a  special 
manner  she  sought  for  and  embraced  opportunities 
to  admonish  and  encourage  those  in  the  younger  walks 
of  life.     To  these  she  was  truly  a  "Mother  in  Israel." 

On  Tenth  Month  27,  1910,  she  was  happily  married 
to  Cyrus  W.  Harvey,  a  valued  minister  of  Kansas  Year- 
ly Meeting  of  Friends. 

After  having  made  their  home  in  Wichita,  Kansas, 
for  about  three  years,  they  returned  to  North  Caro- 


8  JULIANNA    PEELE    HARVEY. 

lina,  by  way  of  Kemah,  Texas,  where  they  visited  some 
of  his  children.  Soon  after  their  return  they  settled 
in  a  cozy  little  cottage  at  Eich  Square,  North  Carolina, 
near  Friends'  Meeting-house.  Here  they  spent  the  re- 
maining three  years  of  their  union;  adding  much  to 
the  interest  and  life  of  the  little  meeting  to  which  both 
were  warmly  attached. 

Her  ministerial  labors  were  mostly  confined  within 
the  borders  of  her  own  Yearly  Meeting,  although  she 
accompanied  her  husband  to  Philadelphia  Yearly  Meet- 
ing; and  at  another  time  they  attended  New  England 
Yearly  Meeting,  held  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island.  They 
also  attended  New  York  Yearly  Meeting  of  the  Hicksite 
Body,  where  he  had  long  felt  drawn  to  labor,  and  where 
they  were  cordially  received. 

Julianna's  charming  personalities  and  warm  conge- 
nial spirit,  together  with  the  advantages  of  considerable 
travel,  added  to  her  treasures  a  long  list  of  worthy 
Friends  with  whom  she  delighted  to  mingle.  Herein 
are  quoted  only  a  few  of  the  appreciative  expressions 
handed  forth  by  some  of  these  :  "She  was  truly  a  sweet 
and  beautiful  character,  and  a  useful  and  concerned 
Friend."  "She  was  as  pure  and  good  a  woman  as  ever 
I  knew."  "How  we  will  miss  Julianna  at  Yearly 
Meeting  time.  We  depended  so  much  on  her  j udgment . 
I  hope  we  will  profit  by  her  life  of  devotion  to  her  Fath- 
er in  Heaven."  "Her  life  seemed  to  be  a  benediction 
to  all  who  knew  her."  "I  loved  Julianna,  I  thought  of 
her  as  one  who  sat  daily  at  the  dear  Master's  feet  and 
walked  in  obedience  to  His  will ;  she  had  such  a  sweet, 
quiet  way,  and  ever  an  Unseen  Power  was  with  her." 


JULIANNA    PEELE    HARVEY.  9 

Her  nieces  and  nephews  said  of  her  :  "Her  very  walk 
among  us  has  been  soul-inspiring,  and  an  incentive  to 
greater  efforts  to  reach  forth  for  the  possessions  of  the 
Higher  Life." 

Julianna  was  a  true  helpmate  for  her  husband  during 
his  declining  days,  ever  ready  to  enter  into  his  trials 
and  discouragements,  much  to  his  comfort.  Her  gentle, 
motherly  affections  readily  won  for  her  the  love  and 
esteem  of  all  her  step-children,  who  have  in  many  ways 
beautifully  expressed  their  appreciation  of  her.  The- 
following  are  a  few  of  the  unsolicited  expressions  from 
these :  "We  loved  her  very  much."  "She  has  done  a 
mother's  part  by  us."  "We  know  she  will  reap  the  re- 
ward of  the  righteous."  "It  is  sad  to  have  her  taken 
away  from  us."  "Her  presence  and  communications 
were  always  so  refreshing." 

Her  husband's  health  having  rapidly  failed  during 
the  fall  and  winter  of  1915-16,  the  following  Spring  she 
accompanied  him  to  his  daughter's,  at  Malvern,  Penn- 
sylvania, hoping  the  change  might  prove  beneficial, 
but  the  nature  of  his  disease  refusing  to  yield  to  any 
manner  of  treatment,  he  passed  away  within  about 
three  weeks'  time. 

His  illness  and  death,  together  with  the  breaking  up 
of  their  comfortable  little  home,  was  a  heavy  stroke 
upon  her,  from  the  effects  of  which  she  never  fully 
rallied.  Into  the  home  of  her  brother-in-law,  Thomas 
C.  Peele,  where  she  had  very  pleasantly  made  her  home 
for  about  twenty-five  years  prior  to  her  marriage,  she 
was  again  gladly  received;  and  here  she  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  her  days.     Despite  medical  aid  and  the  lov- 


10  JULIANNA    PEELE    HARVEY. 

ing  attention  of  kind  relatives  and  friends,  she  gradually 
declined.  Owing  to  the  peculiarities  of  the  disease, 
(much  in  the  cross  of  her),  she  was  unable  to  converse 
with  her  friends.  Once,  in  a  broken  manner,  she  re- 
marked to  her  kind  and  attentive  nurse;  "To  me  it  is 
a  sweet  thought,  I  can  talk  to  Jesus  without  the  use  of 
words." 

It  was  indeed  most  pathetic  and  lovely  to  behold 
the  sweet  patience  with  which  she  bore  her  afflictions. 
She  was  so  kind  and  gentle,  so  unselfish  and  apprecia- 
tive. Many  times  near  the  close,  when  it  was  thought 
she  had  passed  all  consciousness,  after  some  little  at- 
tention received,  fell  from  her  lips  her  gentle,  "Thank 
thee,''  or  a  tender  and  affectionate  stroke  of  her  hand. 
Truly,  it  was  inspiring  to  be  about  her  bedside;  often 
times  her  face,  losing  all  trace  of  pain,  would  light  up 
with  the  sweetest  of  smiles — so  innocent  and  childlike 
— as  she,  pointing  upward,  and  in  an  effort  to  speak, 
appeared  to  be  beholding  beautiful  things  about  her. 
One  could  but  feel  that  the  Angels  were  very  near. 

On  the  morning  of  Ninth  Month  10,  1917,  her  puri- 
fied spirit  quit  its  tenement  of  clay,  we  most  sincerely 
believe,  to  enter,  through  Divine  mercy,  the  heavenly 
courts  of  the  New  Jerusalem,  "whose  walls  are  salva- 
tion and  gates  are  praise,"  and  which  place  she  saw  in 
a  dream  or  vision  a  few  weeks  prior  to  her  death — after 
having  earnestly  prayed  for  relief  by  death.  It  appear- 
ed to  her  all  aglow  with  a  silvery  brightness,  and  in- 
habited by  a  vast  throng  of  happy  ones,  among  whom 
she  readily  recognized  her  dear  departed  husband. 
Being  very  desirous  to  enter,  she  eagerly  advanced 


jULIANNA    PEELE    HARVEY.  11 

towards  the  door,  which  as  she  neared  it,  was  closed 
against  her,  and  upon  it  appeared,  in  snowy  whiteness, 
these  words,  "Not  yet." 

Although  we  have  dwelt  almost  exclusively  upon  the 
meritorious  qualities  of  our  dear  sister,  we  realize  it 
was  with  her  as  with  Saul  of  Tarsus,  who,  too,  was  a 
possessor  of  worthy  talents  which,  like  hers,  in  their 
natural  state,  proved  only ■' detrimental  to  the  upbuild- 
ing of  the  Church  of  God. 

Only  as  these  talents  were  put  into  proper  use,  and 
the  owners  thereof  made  willing  to  surrender  themselves 
into  the  hands  of  the  Great  Refiner  and  Purify er,  did 
they  become  truly  bright  and  shining  lights,  which 
will  shine  as  the  stars  forever  and  ever. 

She  with  Paul  (as  Saul,  after  his  conversion,  was 
known),  could  truthfully  say:  "By  the  Grace  of  God 
I  am  what  I  am." 


MEMORIAL 


OF 


HENRY  T.  OUTLAND.  Sr 


PHILADELPHIA: 

FRIENDS'  BOOK  STORE  No.  304  ARCH  STREET. 
1919. 


Wm.  H.  Pile's  Sons,  Printers. 


MEMORIAL. 


A  Tribute  to  the  Memory  of  Henry  T.  Outland,  Sr.,  a 
Minister,  Deceased.  Issued  by  Rich  Square  Monthly 
Meeting. 

"How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the  feet  of 
him  that  bringeth  glad  tidings,  that  publisheth  peace; 
that  bringeth  good  tidings  of  good,  that  publisheth 
salvation;  that  saith  unto  Zion,  Thy  God  reigneth." 

In  endeavoring  to  preserve  some  account  of  our 
deceased  brother,  Henry  T.  Outland,  Sr.,  we  have  felt 
the  above  quotation  from  Isaiah  (52-7)  to  be  a  fitting 
application  and  introduction  to  his  life  work  as  an 
anointed  servant  and  beloved  Minister  in  the  Society 
of  Friends. 

And  while  we  realize  that  he  has  been  called  from 
works  to  an  everlasting  reward,  and  are  assured  that 
the  church  militant  has  been  bereft  of  one  of  its  most 
faithful  standard-bearers  and  pillars  therein,  yet  we 
wish  to  express  in  the  beginning  a  desire  not  to  exalt 
the  creature,  nor  give  honor  more  than  is  due,  but  rath- 
er to  magnify  the  Power  and  Grace  which  made  him 
what  he  was;  commending  to  generations  yet  to  fol- 
low his  many  Christian  traits  of  character,  some  of 
which  were:  his  purity  of  life  and  conversation,  his  love 
and  dedication  to  the  pure  and  unchanged  Truth,  and, 
above  all,  his  unwavering  labor  to  defend  a  cause  so 
precious,  from  the  many  deviations  of  our  day.  We  de- 


4  HENRY   T.  OUTLAND,  SR. 

sire  also  that  this  tribute  to  his  memory  may  be  so 
blessed  with  the  seal  of  Divine  approbation,  that  it 
may  carry  home  to  many  hearts  the  conviction,  "he 
being  dead,  yet  speaketh." 

Henry  T.  Outland,  Sr.,  was  the  second  of  the  six 
children  of  William  C.  and  Martha  Copeland  Outland, 
and  was  born  near  Rich  Square,  North  Carolina,  Sec- 
ond Month  21,  1846.  He  was  a  descendant  of  the  Out- 
lands,  Copelands  and  Peeles,  who  settled  near  Rich 
Square  and  assisted  in  establishing  Friends'  Meetings 
there  in  1760. 

With  the  exception  of  about  two  years  of  his  life, 
which,  while  in  young  manhood,  he  spent  with  an  uncle 
in  Indiana,  he  ever  made  that  section  his  home. 

His  means  of  education,  as  compared  with  the  ad- 
vantages at  the  time  of  his  death,  were  limited;  but 
being  of  a  studious  disposition,  he  embraced  every  op- 
portunity for  learning,  especially  as  regards  the  study 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  a  copy  of  which  he  always  kept 
handy.  It  was  said  of  him  during  rest  periods,  or  while 
his  plough-horse  rested  in  the  shade,  or  his  father's 
pigs  were  being  minded  as  they  ate  their  morning  and 
evening  meals,  he  was  scanning  its  precious  pages. 
Through  diligent  search  and  prayerful  perusal  of  this 
Sacred  Book,  during  his  childhood  days,  he,  later  in 
life,  won  for  himself  the  honor  of  being  one  of  our  most 
noted  Scriptorians;  having  been  compared  to  Timothy 
of  olci,  who,  from  a  child,  had  known  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures. 

As  a  boy  Henry  was  not  entirely  unlike  others  in 
having  a  fondness  for  youthful  pleasures  and  sports, 


HENRY    T.  OUTLAND,  SR.  5 

yet  at  times,  when  quite  young,  showed  signs  of  deep, 
serious  thoughtfulness  in  a  very  marked  degree,  mani- 
festing an  inclination  to  give  heed  to  the  promptings 
of  that  Voice  within,  the  effects  of  which  were  often 
pointed  out  to  him  by  godly  parents,  whose  watchful 
care  over  him  he  held  in  grateful  remembrance  through 
life.  He  often  referred  to  their  timely  instructions  with 
much  humility,  esteeming  them  among  the  many  bless- 
ings a  kind  Providence  had  bestowed  upon  him,  be- 
lieving, as  he  did,  the  seed  sown  under  their  judicious 
care  and  counsel  tended  greatly  to  imbue  his  mind  with 
a  sense  of  the  great  need  of  living  in  the  fear  of  the 
Lord,  to  all  earthly  enjoyments  and  pleasures. 

Therefore  acquainting  himself  with  God,  his  Creator, 
in  his  youth,  and  yielding  in  obedience  to  the  Divine 
call,  he  experienced  a  change  of  heart,  the  New  Birth, 
and  was  readily  converted  into  a  "mouthpiece"  for  his 
Lord  and  Master,  whom  he  now  loved  and  longed  to 
serve. 

The  wording  of  the  text  of  his  first  sermon,  "Who  is 
she  that  looketh  forth  as  the  morning,  fair  as  the  noon, 
clear  as  the  sun,  and  terrible  as  an  army  with  banners?" 
(Song  of  Solomon :  6-10),  doubtless  served  as  an  index 
to  his  conception  of  the  Church  as  shown  throughout 
his  useful  career. 

Notwithstanding  the  religious  experience  of  his 
youth  was  beyond  the  average,  yet  there  were  times, 
as  is  often  the  case  with  those  who  are  chosen  of  the 
Lord  as  pillars  in  the  Church,  when  he  was  allowed  to 
plunge  into  the  dark  sea  of  doubt  and  unbelief  as  re- 
gards the  future  state  of  mankind ;  during  one  of  these 


6  HENRY   T.  OUTLAND,  SR. 

periods,  as  given  from  his  own  lips,  "For  three  days 
the  Bible,  the  book  I  loved  so  well,  I  did  not  open." 
But  happily  from  this  deplorable  condition  he  was  soon 
led  into  the  glorious  Light  of  the  Sun  of  Righteousness. 
Later  in  life,  when  writing  to  a  friend,  he  referred  to 
this  same  circumstance,  quoting  the  following  :  "Thanks 
be  unto  the  Lord,  there  is  hope  of  a  tree  if  it  be  cut  down 
that  it  may  sprout  again." 

His  faith  and  trust  in  a  Divinely-ordered  petition 
were  proven  by  his  own  experiences,  one  or  two  of  which 
appear  profitable  to  insert  herein. 

When  Henry  was  about  thirteen  years  of  age,  dur- 
ing the  Civil  War,  the  President  of  the  Southern  Con- 
federacy issued  a  call  for  two  hundred  thousand  men 
to  be  raised  by  draft.  At  that  time  his  father  was  about 
thirty-five  years  of  age  and  subject  to  draft.  He  had 
a  family  of  little  children,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  in 
great  distress  at  the  probability  of  his  being  drawn  and 
the  mother  being  left  to  provide  and  care  for  the  fam- 
ily. Henry  said,  one  day  while  in  the  field  ploughing, 
he  was  suddenly  arrested  by  a  voice  within  (which  he 
said  was  the  Holy  Spirit)  telling  him  if  he  got  down 
where  he  was  and  prayed  to  God  not  to  have  his  father 
taken  to  the  War,  his  prayer  would  be  answered  and 
his  father's  name  would  not  be  drawn  from  the  wheel. 
In  obedience  thereto  he  knelt  and  prayed,  and  while 
kneeling  he  was  told  that  his  prayer  had  been  heard 
and  his  father  would  not  be  taken.  He  arose  from  his 
knees,  went  to  the  house,  told  his  mother  what  had 
occurred,  and  the  promise  that  his  father  would  not 
have  to  go.   The  draft  took  place  in  a  few  days  and  his 


HENRY   T.  OUTLAND,  SR.  7 

father's  name  was  not  drawn.  There  were  several 
drafts  afterwards,  but  he  was  not  taken.  A  year  or 
two  later  Henry  and  his  father  were  at  Jackson,  the 
county-seat,  on  business.  A  number  of  men  were 
standing  in  front  of  the  steps  leading  up  to  the  Court 
House,  among  whom  were  some  of  the  State  Officials, 
who  had  been  Provost  Marshal  of  the  district  in  which 
they  lived  during  the  war.  Henry  said  while  his  father 
went  up  the  steps  to  the  Court  House,  he  heard  one  of 
the  officers  say :  '  There  is  Quaker  Outland,  and  there 
is  something  about  him  I  never  could  understand. 
During  the  war  I  put  his  name  in  the  draft  wheel  five 
times,  and  yet  it  was  never  drawn."  Henry,  in  rela- 
ting this  circumstance  to  a  friend,  said :  "I  knew  the 
reason ;  yes,  my  dear  brother,  God  is  a  God  hearing 
and  answering  prayer." 

Again,  another  very  striking  circumstance  occurred 
during  his  sojourn  in  the  Western  lands.  It  was  said 
at  one  time,  while  Henry  was  putting  up  the  horses  at 
his  uncle  Jesse  Bundy's,  he  was  impressed  to  go  up  town 
somewhere  and  pray;  the  impression  was  so  powerful 
he  hurried,  and  started  in  a  run,  then  the  thought  came, 
he  did  not  know  where,  but  was  sensible  a  door  would 
be  opened,  which  was  true.  He  went  in  where  a  sick 
man  lay,  knelt  down  and  prayed,  came  away,  and  never 
could  tell  afterwards  where,  or  who,  it  was,  but  that  a 
woman  came  and  stood  in  the  doorway. 

Such  were  some  of  the  experiences  peculiar  to  the 
childhood  days  of  one  who  knew  the  voice  of  the  Good 
Shepherd,  and  who  willingly  obeyed.  By  thus  being 
faithful  in  what  might  be  termed  smaller  duties,  he 


8  HENRY    T.  OUTLAND,  SR. 

was  later  qualified  for  greater  service  in  the  Master's 
Vineyard. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-six  years  he  was  recorded  a 
Minister  by  Rich  Square  Monthly  Meeting  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Friends,  where  he  had  held  his  membership 
from  birth.  Through  life  he  ever  remained  a  loyal 
and  highly  esteemed  Minister  in  this  branch  of  the 
Church. 

On  the  thirteenth  day  of  Tenth  Month,  1870,  he 
was  married  to  Abigail  P.  Jennett,  of  Wayne  County, 
North  Carolina,  who  ever  proved  to  be  a  willing  help- 
meet, and  upon  her  shoulders  rested  much  of  the  re- 
sponsibility of  the  household.  To  this  union  were  born 
seven  children,  one  of  whom  died  in  early  childhood. 
Henry,  in  after  years,  was  much  away  from  his  family 
in  performing  what  he  felt  required  of  him  by  his  Mas- 
ter, yet  he  always  proved  to  be  a  kind  and  affectionate 
husband  and  father,  frequently  being  heard  to  say,  of 
all  the  rich  country  and  stores  of  wealth  with  which  he 
had  repeatedly  come  in  contact,  to  him  there  was  no 
place  so  dear  as  his  own  home,  where  dwelt  those  he 
loved  so  much. 

In  the  exercise  of  his  gift,  he  traveled  quite  exten- 
sively, having  three  times  visited  the  Dominion  of 
Canada,  and  crossed  the  Chesapeake  Bay  nearly  one 
hundred  times.  Into  whatever  field  of  Gospel  service 
he  entered  for  his  Lord  and  Master,  his  friends  at  home 
were  assured  of  his  warm  reception,  not  only  by  voices 
which  followed  him  back,  through  letters  to  his  meeting, 
but  also  through  the  medium  of  private  information. 


HENRY    T.  OUTLAND,  SR.  9 

Whenever  apprehended  duty  called  him  away,  and 
ample  means  were  lacking,  his  faith  failed  not,  believ- 
ing, that  He  who  called  him  to  labor  in  His  Vineyard, 
would  also  make  provision  for  the  journey.  Only  one 
of  the  many  instances  to  illustrate  this,  we  give  herein  : 
Once  while  on  his  way  to  the  train,  Henry  was  asked 
by  his  son  if  he  had  his  pocketbook  which  upon  exami- 
nation he  found  missing.  Naturally  the  son  insisted 
they  return  home;  but  after  a  few  moments'  medita- 
tion, and  doubtless  prayer,  he  (the  father)  declared: 
"I  must  go  on."  Soon  they  met  a  man,  who  hailing 
them  said  :  "Mr.  Outland,  I  awoke  early  this  morning 
feeling  you  were  in  need  of  money,  and  remembering 
I  owed  you  a  sum,  I  told  my  wife  I  was  going  to  take 
it  to  you;  so  here  it  is."  Consequently  he  accomplished 
his  journey. 

He  was  strongly  attached  to  the  Doctrines  and  Prin- 
ciples of  the  Society  to  which  he  belonged,  as  promul- 
gated by  early  Friends.  Even  amid  deep  provings  when 
it  seemed  his  foundation  would  be  shaken,  he  stood 
firmly  for  the  testimonies  he  loved  so  well.  And  while 
true  to  his  own  convictions,  he  manifested  no  spirit 
of  criticism  for  those  of  different  opinion,  but  was 
charitable  toward  all,  cheerfully  accepting  the  Scrip- 
ture declaration :  "And  other  sheep  I  have,  which  are 
not  of  this  fold ;  them  also  I  must  bring,  and  they  shall 
hear  My  voice;  and  there  shall  be  one  fold  and  one 
shepherd . ' '    (John  x  :  1 6 . ) 

In  attendance  of  meetings  he  was  ever  faithful  so 
long  as  physical  ability  was  given,  and  even  after  the 
hand  of  affliction  was  laid  upon  him,  and  his  bodily 


10        '  HENRY   T.  OUTLAND,  SR. 

strength  had  failed,  his  interest  in  and  desire  for  the 
spiritual  growth  and  progress  of  the  Church  was  so 
great  that  he  continued  to  persevere,  and  was  found 
in  his  accustomed  place  in  meeting  till  within  a  few 
weeks  of  his  close. 

His  attitude  of  reverential  dignity  on  entering  any 
place  for  Divine  worship  was  greatly  to  be  admired. 
When  exercised  in  vocal  service,  whether  in  prayer  or 
praise,  his  very  being  appeared  clothed  in  an  atmos- 
phere of  Christian  gravity  and  simplicity ;  his  petitions 
being  strikingly  marked  by  profound  reverence  and 
deep  contrition  of  spirit,  ever  well  seasoned  with  grace. 
One  among  his  most  pathetic  testimonies  was  borne 
at  the  closing  session  of  the  last  Yearly  Meeting  he 
attended  at  Cedar  Grove,  when,  in  a  penitent  manner, 
feeling  he  was  in  some  degree  still  subject  to  misgiv- 
ings, he  arose,  almost  too  feeble  to  stand,  and  said  in 
an  extremely  touching  manner :  "I  do  not  claim  to  be 
a  prophet,  neither  the  son  of  a  prophet,  but  I  feel  to 
say  this  is  the  last  time  I  will  be  permitted  to  meet  with 
you,  my  dear  Friends,  in  a  Yearly  Meeting  capacity. 
I  have  nothing  but  love  in  my  heart  for  any  one,  and 
do  most  sincerely  desire  the  forgiveness  of  any  and  all 
whose  feelings  I  may  have,  in  any  wise,  wronged  or 
wounded."  In  affectionate  language  he  then  dwelt 
on  "love"  and  "forgiveness."  Soon  after  these  remarks 
he  knelt  and  supplicated  in  an  exceedingly  tender 
manner,  again  dwelling  much  on  the  aforesaid  sub- 
jects of  love  and  forgiveness.  Throughout,  it  appeared 
to  be  a  farewell  prayer.  A  solemn  covering  spread  over 
the  meeting,  and  long  after  it  had  formally  closed,  the 


HENRY   T.  OUTLAND,  SR.  II 

people  remained  seated;  in  the  meantime  two  young 
men  testified,  as  to  their  feelings,  that  some  one  pres- 
ent would  soon  receive  his  "final  call." 

A  Friend,  who  had  accompanied  our  dear  brother 
on  many  of  his  religious  visits  from  North  to  South, 
and  from  East  to  West,  in  referring  to  them,  said : 
"The  near  love  and  unity  which  had  been  with  us  from 
the  beginning  of  our  various  travels  in  the  love  of  the 
Gospel  was  with  us  to  the  last,  and  our  correspondence, 
of  several  years,  I  prize." 

Another  of  his  contemporaries  in  writing  to  a  friend, 
says  of  him,  "Henry  lived  so  near  his  Master,  he  seemed 
better  able  than  most  of  us  to  keep  best  things  upper- 
most in  his  heart," 

And  still  another  testimony  from  one  in  near  unity 
is  embraced  in  the  following :  "By  his  humility  and 
faithfulness  to  known  duty,  he  endeared  himself  to  all 
classes.  We  can  truly  say  a  great  man  has  fallen,  made 
great  by  the  sanctifying  and  regenerating  power  of 
the  Holy  Spirit." 

Again,  to  show  forth  the  confidence  and  true  devo- 
tion of  a  daughter-in-law,  from  her  pen  we  quote  the 
following  lines : 

"  Father  was  so  kind  and  gentle, 
So  very  meek  and  mild ; 
He  reminded  one  of  the  Saviour, 
Or  an  innocent  little  child." 

His  last  sickness  was  of  a  gradual  decline  of  several 
months,  during  which  time,  says  his  grief -stricken 
companion,    "Even    amid    suffering    he    ever    seemed 


12  HENRY    T.  OUTLAND,   SR. 

.clothed  in  a  spirit  of  Heavenly  sweetness."  She  related 
a  touching  circumstance,  which  only  a  few  weeks 
previous  to  his  departure,  occurred  in  their  own  home, 
showing  forth  his  continued  love  and  devotion  to  his 
family,  as  well  as  again  proving  his  faithful  obedience 
to  the  Divine  call.  She  said,  in  substance,  "On  the 
morning  when  their  eldest  son,  who  had  been  with 
them  for  several  days,  was  about  to  take  leave  for  his 
Northern  home,  after  they  had  partaken  of  their  morn- 
ing meal,  the  father  doubtless  sensible  it  would  be  their 
last  opportunity  together  this  side  the  River  of  death, 
tenderly  repeated  the  twenty-third  Psalm,  after  which 
he  knelt  in  supplication,  and  prayed  earnestly  for  the 
preservation  of  each  member  of  the  family  in  such 
pathetic  language  that  none  could  doubt  his  constant 
dwelling  in  the  secret  place  of  the  Most  High,  thereby 
abiding  under  the  shadow  of  the  Almighty.  One  who  vis- 
its d  him  two  days  prior  to  his  death  said  of  him,  in  part : 
"It  was  a  very  great  satisfaction  to  be  with  him.  While 
in  his  presence,  it  seemed  we  were  with  one  who  had 
'overcome'  and  was  just  waiting  to  be  translated  from 
this  vale  of  tears  to  that  Place  promised  to  the  ransomed 
and  redeemed." 

At  one  time  he  said,  "Last  night,  after  retiring,  I 
felt  so  very  low  down  I  hardly  knew  what  to  do,  and 
these  words,  'Cast  all  thy  cares  upon  Him,'  came  to 
me ;  which  I  was  enabled  to  do,  and  immediately  I  felt 
great  strength." 

The  world-wide  war,  which  was  raging,  played  heavily 
upon  his  sympathies,  never  being  able  to  reconcile 
the  spirit  of  war  with  the  meek  and  lowly  Saviour,  who 


HENRY   T.  OUTLAND,  SR.  13 

declared  while  upon  earth,  'The  Son  of  man  is  not 
come  to  destroy  men's  lives,  but  to  save  them,"  (Luke 
ix:  56).  Again,  "My  Kingdom  is  not  of  this  world,  if 
my  Kingdom  were  of  this  world  then  would  my  ser- 
vants fight,"  (John  xviii :  36).  He  firmly  believed  the 
sword  of  which  Christ  speaks,  in  Matthew  x :  34,  was 
none  other  than  a  spiritual  weapon. 

Henry,  whenever  speaking  in  any  manner  of  His 
Gospel  labors,  took  no  honor  to  himself,  always  ex- 
claiming, "How  poor,  unprofitable  and  unworthy  I 
am."  He  desired  to  give  all  honor  unto  God  to  whom 
he  thought  it  due;  for  although  he  had  attained  unto 
much,  as  regards  the  Holy  Scriptures  and  the  deep 
things  of  God,  yet  he  felt  at  the  closing  of  his  career 
he  had  nothing  to  boast  of;  saying  also,  "If  I  have  done 
any  good  thing  during  my  life  it  has  been  by  the  opera- 
tion of  His  power,  His  grace,  and  His  gift  within  me; 
To  Him  be  all  the  praise." 

He  held  a  very  tender  spot  in  the  hearts  of  the  young 
people  of  his  meeting,  and  from  this  class  as  a  tribute 
to  his  memory  we  quote  the  following  lines : 

"  We  miss  thee  in  the  Church,  dear, 
We  miss  thee  in  the  home; 
In  distant  lands,  far  East  and  West, 
Where  oft  thou  didst  roam. 

"  We  miss  thy  message  for  the  Truth, 
The  cause  for  which  thou  stood ; 
In  toiling  for  the  Master 
As  best  a  servant  could. 


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O,  who  will  take  the  mantle 
Of  such  a  worthy  one, 

And  carry  on  the  labor 
Which  Henry  hath  begun? 

Behold  the  fields  are  whiter 
Perhaps  than  e'er  before ; 

Go  forth,  ye  valiant  workers, 
Since  Heaven  calls  for  more. 

We  know  that  thou  art  happy, 

Forever  safe  at  rest ; 
Free  from  all  pain  and  sorrow, 

Among  the  Angels  blest. 

Still  we  but  wonder  sadly 
Why  such  as  these  are  taken. 

Yet,  'tis  the  hand  of  Mercy, 
And  we  are  not  forsaken. 

Our  cries  go  up  to  Heaven 
For  patience  to  endure ; 

That  we  may  make  our  calling 
And  our  election  sure." 


As  in  life,  so  in  death,  that  same  strong  arm  of 
Power,  which  had  evidently  been  his  constant  support 
through  life,  did  not  desert  him  in  the  hour  of  death, 
but  was  near  to  comfort  and  sustain.  "Yea,  though  I 
walk  through  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death,  I  will 
fear  no  evil ;  for  thou  art  with  me ;  thy  rod  and  thy  staff, 
they  comfort  me."   (Psalms  xxiii :  4 ) . 

On  the  last  night  of  his  life,  after  having  lain  down, 
which  he  had  not  been  able  to  do  for  many  hours  be- 
fore, his  daughter  says  of  him,  "He  looked  so  peaceful 


HENRY   T.  OUTLAND,  SR.  15 

and  closed  his  eyes  and  said  :  'I  commit  myself  and  my 
dear  family  to  the  keeping  of  the  Lord.' 

"He  soon  fell  asleep  and  rested  well  for  a  few  hours." 
She  also  stated  he  had  repeatedly  told  he  felt  his  day's 
work  was  nearly  done,  hardly  thought  he  would  live 
to  see  the  closing  of  the  year.  At  various  times,  he 
expressed  himself  as  being  resigned  to  the  Lord's  will, 
was  only  awaiting  his  call. 

The  lesson  which  the  example  of  our  dear  brother 
seemed  pre-eminently  to  have  taught,  was  that  of 
"obedience  keeping  pace  with  knowledge."  First  the 
blade,  then  the  ear,  then  the  full  corn  in  the  ear. 

On  the  last  day  of  his  life,  he  fully  realized  that  his 
end  was  near,  making  such  a  statement  to  his  dear  com- 
panion as  she  entered  his  room  bearing  his  morning 
meal,  of  which  he  failed  to  partake.  But  always  having 
a  welcome  for  his  many  friends,  some  of  whom  came 
in  later,  he  conversed  with  them  freely  till  within  a  few 
minutes  of  the  close,  when  suddenly  he  was  seized  with 
a  violent  attack  which  proved  to  be  the  end. 

He  passed  peacefully  away  on  the  twenty-eighth  day 
of  the  Twelfth  Month,  1917,  aged  seventy-one  years, 
ten  months  and  seven  days.  A  Minister  forty-six 
years. 

His  devoted  daughter  in  referring  to  the  last  mo- 
ments of  her  father,  said :  "As  I  watched  him  pass  out 
of  time  into  eternity  the  feeling  of  my  heart  was,  'Like 
a  shock  of  corn  fully  ripe,'"  and  to  this  we  would  add 
our  testimony  in  the  belief  that  his  purified  spirit  is 
now  an  inhabitant  of  one  of  those  mansions  prepared 
for  the  redeemed  of  all  generations. 


16  HENRY   T.  OUTLAND,  SR. 

"Blessed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  the  Lord,  from 
henceforth;  Yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  that  they  may  rest 
from  their  labors;  and  their  works  do  follow  them." 
(Rev.  xiv:  13). 


